. 1 ORMS ST MAP KEY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTERS Main Visitor Information Center # Point of Interest Satellite Visitor Information Center Rhode Island Convention Center IGT Center S T (street level) (street level) A T dining available in the area E One Sabin St., Providence, RI 10 Memorial Blvd., Providence, RI S T 401-751-1177 | 1-800-233-1636 . 401-456-0200 public restrooms Mon. - Sat.: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. 2 a suggested walking path i SMITH ST. 2 For an online map, visit: i 1 1 44 GoProvidence.com/EastSideWalk B E F N R RHODE ISLAND E A CH ST. Rhode Tour is a collaborative project by F N UR STATE HOUSE CH T I C the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public T H I S S Humanities and Cultural Heritage, the RI A NATIONAL MEMORIAL T Y S PROSPECT Historical Society, and the RI Council for . E ROGER WILLIAMS T TERRACE the Humanities. R . N ST. E S BOW T . T B For a free multimedia version,R download the Rhode Tour app. S O E . ST W E CADY P N S A CUSHING ST. S 7 G T HAYES ST. 3 . RT ST. N H COU AMTRAK O OUT C S R MEETING ST. A STATION T N H P AVE. 8 A R CLID M 4 EU L ST. MEETING O S A S T I N P . E . S E ST C LIV ST. T O GELL . T N A H . S O T T P S 5 7 . 17 E S I S . T C THOMAS ST. ANGELL ST T. N S E A L R P N ST. F STEE 8 WATERMA 44 9 B PROVIDENCE 6 E N PLACE i E F M I 1 E T M S 3 O T R 10 11 . COLLEGE ST. 13 BROWN UNIVERSITY 95 IA L B L V D 12 E GEORGE ST. RAC T. TER MEMORIAL S 11 E INS NG PARK PK T A O H The Old State House CH ZA H Point of Interest: A X A E DO L Y 150 Benefi t Street (1762, with later additions) RR P A E N B Y . H This building served as the Colony House until Independence, RHODE ISLAND CE OLENT ST. R D T BENEV R S E O S T S 14 then the RI State House from 1783 to 1901. Independent . O N P CONVENTION T N T . E W minded as always, RI was the fi rst colony to actually declare T E . S K E CENTER i ARCADE N S our independence two months before the other colonies S N 15 T I S S and the last state to ratify the Constitution, until assured B PROVIDENCE . A O T . T that its rights were protected. This building has housed the S . B IELD S T Y ESF S E E CHARL RI Historical and Preservation Commission since 1975. The N D DUNKIN’ DONUTS O D W commission works to protect and preserve RI’s nationally T Y . G S signifi cant architectural heritage. CENTER T IN T B S H . ST. E N S U ET N I A C N . P AN E A W L IO T EC L T E . S K P F 16 M N T E S IT N M E S S L ST O U A N T R D . U S O T C . E ID O T POWER ST. F S H E T M R T 44 . N E S . A H O W S N T D N W T. I S O G W S T R E ST. M O TM S A S MS S O S E R T. T O WILLIA AY T U N E S E A E W . S S D N U AD LT T W D C R T RO O . O Y E H T B B S N S S T M H N Y T . L T A N E . A . I Y 100 m A W N B E O S R T 500 ft R . T. N JOHN S S T S D T . 11 . Y E R S T . ST. P JAMES E C K S T 1. Rhode Island State House 5. Commercial North Main Street: 9. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): 13. Brown University Quadrangle. One Capitol Hill, Providence | (401) 222-3983 From Colonial to Cast Iron Innovation and Design Excellence College St./Prospect St., Providence | (401) 863-1000 14 It is one of the grandest state houses in the U.S. for the Approx. 125 North Main St. 11 Waterman St., Providence | (401) 454-6100 Renowned for “The Brown Curriculum,” an innovative MA 9 IN country’s smallest state. Designed by the renowned This block of North Main Street encapsulates the area’s RISD is an internationally acclaimed leader in art and approach to undergraduate education instituted S T. architectural fi rm of McKim, Mead and White, noted for three centuries as a thriving commercial zone with new design education. Established in 1877 by 34 members in 1970, this Ivy League school’s philosophy states the Boston Public Library (1895) and renovations to the storefronts imposed on older buildings to meet business of the RI Women’s Centennial Commission, the school that students, who are free to design their own White House (1902), the majestic domed building clad in needs. embarked on a radical experiment in education: curriculum, are “the architects of their own course of white Georgia marble was built (1895-1904) at the high combining the study of art, craft and design, from study.” Founded in 1764 by Baptists as Rhode Island point of Rhode Island’s industrial prosperity. Inside, a Points of interest: A 1920s Art Deco front on an Italianate sculpture and textiles to furniture making and glass College, the school moved to Providence in 1770 and new museum showcases the Colonial Charter granted in building built in 1873. The Joseph and William Russell production. The red brick Waterman Building (1893) became “Brown University” in 1804 after a generous 1663 by King Charles II of England. The Charter was the House (1772) was elevated a story so a new business is a Venetian Renaissance landmark that was built to donation by Nicholas Brown, the prominent Providence fi rst signed by a monarch to guarantee religious liberty. could be inserted below. The Elizabeth Building (1872) house art galleries, classrooms and studios. At the businessman and alumnus of the school. Atop the State House dome stands a statue of Rhode with its cast iron façade. base of the hill is the Metcalf Building (1915), created to Points of interest: The Van Wickle Gates (1901), Carrie Island’s Independent Man, representing the spirit of look and function as a textile factory to teach students 6. Early Industry and Wood-Fired Pizza! Tower (1904), University Hall (1770), Hope College freedom of thought and action. about the practical manufacture of fabrics, as well as (1823), Manning Hall (1834), Slater Hall (1879), Rhode Approx. 4 Steeple St., Providence their design. RISD offers more than a traditional fi ne Island Hall (1840) and Robinson Hall (1878). 2. Roger Williams National Memorial These three buildings are testaments to Providence as an arts school education, with an emphasis on creative 282 North Main St., Providence | (401) 521-7266 early powerhouse of American industry. They preserve thinking, industrial design and superior craftsmanship. 14. Stephen Hopkins House (ca. 1708) A visionary and independent thinker, Roger Williams the scale and density of buildings in this commercial area RISD’s campus has expanded from College Hill into 15 Hopkins St., Providence | (401) 524-3012 was warned by the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts before 20th century demolitions created the open spaces downtown Providence. Stephen Hopkins (1701-1785), signer of the Declaration Bay Colony to refrain from spreading his “new and of the surrounding parking lots. of Independence, ten-time governor of RI and dangerous opinions.” Banished and alone, Williams 10. Market Square and the Market House Points of interest: 3 Steeple Street (ca. 1793) is the Chief Justice of the RI Supreme Court bought this wandered in the wilderness eventually settling in the oldest surviving industrial building in Providence. Approx. 8 North Main St., Providence house in 1743. In addition to politics, he was the fi rst land he named “Providence” in the spring of 1636. Designed by Joseph Brown in a restrained Georgian 15 9 Steeple Street (ca. 1847) was built as a jewelry factory. Chancellor of Brown University, a merchant, surveyor Befriended by the Narragansett tribe, he founded a manner, the Market House (1775) was intended as a It is also known as the former location of Al Forno, the and astronomer. His house was relocated twice, fi nally community where any persons could think, worship and magnifi cent landmark to the wealth of the Colonial restaurant that invented wood-grilled pizza, one of settling on its present location in 1927 when it became 12 act in accordance with their own conscience without city at the heart of the bustling waterfront. The many innovations that sparked the dining renaissance of a museum of the Colonial Dames of America. fear of persecution by the government. This spiritual and Providence. The area was also formerly home to Brown ground-level arcades originally provided open stalls intellectual paradise to some was considered a hotbed and Sharpe and the Gorham Manufacturing Company, for fi shmongers, butchers, and produce vendors, 15.